He won Investigator of the Year in 2015 and was nominated for the National Investigator of the Year award.
A Detective Sergeant who has worked for Leicestershire Police for over 30 years is leaving the force.
Detective Sergeant Dave Speight was inspired by the TV show The Bill to become a Police Officer.
He joined Leicestershire Police in 1992 and still remembers his first day on the job well.
Detective Sergeant Dave Speight, said: “When I first joined, in 1992, I was based at Braunstone. There’s one job I remember that was very early on. We got a call saying there was a wedding going on and there were about 20 people fighting.
“We went along and they stopped fighting one another and tried to fight us. That was a proper welcome to the job.”
Ryton - Class of 1992 (Image credit- Leicestershire Police)
Very soon after starting his policing career, he knew that being a detective was his passion.
He said: “Straight away I knew that’s where I wanted to be, investigating and bringing people committing crimes to justice”
“I had stints at Hinckley and Beaumont Leys in the 90s and early 2000s and sat and passed my detective exams in 2006.”
Over the years, DS Speight has had trips overseas executing European Arrest Warrants in Madrid and Amsterdam, bringing back two of Leicestershire’s most dangerous criminals, both wanted for separate attempted murders.
He won Investigator of the Year in 2015 and was nominated for the National Investigator of the Year award.
Now in his early 60s, DS Speight said: “I’m going to take some time for myself but I need to keep myself occupied.
“What I can say is I’ve loved every minute – I’ve had no regrets at all.”
DS Speight with daughter Lauren at her passing out parade (Image credit- Leicestershire Police)
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